Lombera Productions Quotes & Sayings

A memoir emerges from facts and dreams, and tells the story we have almost forgotten.

by Mary Stobie — Mary Stobie

Human love is to devote a part of ourselves to the providence of another existence. To be without this devotion is to be void of love. — Michael Hollingworth

Ask a man to explain his success and he will typically credit his own innate qualities and skills. Ask a woman the same question and she will attribute her success to external factors, insisting she did well because she "worked really hard," or "got lucky," or "had help from others." Men and women also differ when it comes to explaining failure. When a man fails, he points to factors like "didn't study enough" or "not interested in the subject matter." When a woman fails, she is more likely to believe it is due to an inherent lack of ability.8 And in situations where a man and a woman each receive negative feedback, the woman's self-confidence and self-esteem drop to a much greater degree.9 The internalization of failure and the insecurity it breeds hurt future performance, so this pattern has serious long-term consequences.10 — Sheryl Sandberg

Uncle Vernon made another funny noise, like a mouse being trodden on. — J.K. Rowling

One becomes Parmatma (absolute supreme self) if he comes into the True Self even for a fraction of time. — Dada Bhagwan

You've taught me that we're all needed, even those who sometimes think we're worthless, plain and dull. If we love and allow ourselves to be loved ... well, a person who loves is the most precious thing in the world, worth all the fortunes that ever were. That's what you've taught me, fur face,and because of you I'll never be the same. — Dean Koontz

Economists are always recommending the elimination of this or that market imperfection ... no astrophysicist recommends the elimination of planets that he does not like. — Lester Thurow

But ... she didn't know him, did she? Marigold was suddenly struck by how badly she wanted to know him. — Stephanie Perkins

I always wanted to play a monster, and I also wanted to work with Wes Craven. — Robert Englund

There are some situations which men understand by instinct, by which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet is he who gives utterance to the most natural and vehement outburst of sorrow. Those who hear the bitter cry are as much impressed as if they listened to an entire poem, and when th sufferer is sincere they are right in regarding his outburst as sublime. — Alexandre Dumas

Because nothing says flattery like a gun to the head. — Jim Butcher

Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king
every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
Once you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain. — Lloyd Alexander